96
96
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 96
favorite 0
quote 0
maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum, segregation, to -- i would not consider the movie as, you know, something that was passed on u.s. foreign policy, but we have to deal with it, okay? apology is good, but this is, i tell you, very reactive approach. we need to be much more proactive in the way we community kate so what does this mean? if we want to target audiences or actors that can promote a vision of democracy that include not just free and fair elections, but other amendments like a plush rise tick approach to society. we have to change, also, the way we interact a
maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum,...
58
58
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 58
favorite 0
quote 0
this provides us. back in 2008 and 2009 when everybody had the tremendous financial crisis and the collapse in the collapsing of economic output, we steamed ahead in canada with our so- called stimulus program and economic access plan where we identified thousands of projects we wanted to continue. because we wanted to do it quickly, we did shortcuts around regulatory processes. we took a risk. in 19 -- 19 -- 99 put 9% of cases, it made no difference that be made the short cuts. we found smoother processes with in the country. i would hope -- there is nothing like an emergency to tell you whether a process is necessary. >> absolutely. there is another thing that has been important to you that i want to ask you about. that is the detroit bridge. a ballot measure that would require a constitutional amendment failed. why is it important enough to canada that you agreed to pay your share and our share? in terms of individual projects between canada and the united states, it is the biggest economic relation
this provides us. back in 2008 and 2009 when everybody had the tremendous financial crisis and the collapse in the collapsing of economic output, we steamed ahead in canada with our so- called stimulus program and economic access plan where we identified thousands of projects we wanted to continue. because we wanted to do it quickly, we did shortcuts around regulatory processes. we took a risk. in 19 -- 19 -- 99 put 9% of cases, it made no difference that be made the short cuts. we found...
69
69
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 69
favorite 0
quote 0
, some of us may have worked in a culture like that, very few of us probably have. and that really changes an institutional culture in very problematic ways. and people around washington who out of the pentagon for number of years and then had occasion to go back remarkable have difficult it has become to say no, and just how much this of float that you see there from 99 to 2010 had really changed the culture. internally. i think much of what winslow just said reflects the underlying reality. now second, there has, in fact, been a significant shift in foreign policy appetite and national security appetite, both on the part of the two parties, and on the part of the american public. and what do we mean when i say that? there is no appetite for another land war in asia, and there's no appetite for a continuing to lead were in asia that we've still got in afghanistan. and we just saw in the concluded presidential campaign that the candidate who had a wing of his party clergy pledging them to take the view that we should be in afghanistan longer, that we should do more
, some of us may have worked in a culture like that, very few of us probably have. and that really changes an institutional culture in very problematic ways. and people around washington who out of the pentagon for number of years and then had occasion to go back remarkable have difficult it has become to say no, and just how much this of float that you see there from 99 to 2010 had really changed the culture. internally. i think much of what winslow just said reflects the underlying reality....
71
71
Nov 16, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 71
favorite 0
quote 0
could you help us with that? and i just want to understand that in terms of, because we have made tremendous sacrifices there. of our men and women in uniform. >> senator, thank you for that question. that is the most important question i think you. >> and people and one we should be able to answer very clearly. in the wake of 9/11 we went to afghanistan because there was essential for al qaeda and the attacks of 9/11 took place in afghanistan. that area is still ripe for sanctuary for al qaeda, the region is ripe for censure for al qaeda. will so want to establish a government in afghanistan, and assure the taliban were no one in a position to harbor al qaeda in that part of the region. those objectives remain. that is, to deny sanctuary to deny the billy of the taliban to overthrow the government in afghanistan. now the nation is to ensure that those gains that we've made over the last several years, particularly in the areas of development of the afghan national security forces, and the games will make as a re
could you help us with that? and i just want to understand that in terms of, because we have made tremendous sacrifices there. of our men and women in uniform. >> senator, thank you for that question. that is the most important question i think you. >> and people and one we should be able to answer very clearly. in the wake of 9/11 we went to afghanistan because there was essential for al qaeda and the attacks of 9/11 took place in afghanistan. that area is still ripe for sanctuary...
74
74
Nov 26, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
that esa uses our sticky bombs off of airplanes. ema uses occupying survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k. 19th in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so in situation after situation the government has put its money with mouth isn't and i believe that institutional level these dogs are quite reliable. >> i'm not sure to that but can dogs, does it ability, is even across the board? in other words, if you're the dog is trained and good at sniffing out heroin would be good at detecting a bomb, or is there some difference? >> no. well, i can any thought to be trained in either discipline. if you look at the scientific working group on detection dogs report that reside in our brief, the report explains that the same general methodologies and the same different, same general approach is used to train each kinds of dogs. a typically a drug detection dog will not be cross trained on explosives. >> so you don't know whether -- in other words, our dogs their sniffing things, or can they be good of bombs, but not good at meth? >> we
that esa uses our sticky bombs off of airplanes. ema uses occupying survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k. 19th in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so in situation after situation the government has put its money with mouth isn't and i believe that institutional level these dogs are quite reliable. >> i'm not sure to that but can dogs, does it ability, is even across the board? in other words, if you're the dog is trained and...
98
98
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 98
favorite 0
quote 0
it wouldn't get us as much of a deficit reduction over 75 years, a chained c.p.i., but it would get us at least into a solvent condition if we increased the age rate. i just want to give you a note of history. when president reagan was facing the same issue and the senate was of -- the senate was one-party dominated and the house the other, he got house speaker tip o'neill together with minimum and they formed a commission, which started the increase in age, which we have today, because people live longer and they work longer. we can do the same thing that president reagan and tip o'neill did because it is the same configuration by coming together and acknowledging that people live longer and they work longer. and you can make accommodations for people who are in particularly physically strenuous jobs, which i think all of us understand "maybe," maybe are not able to work as long. you can do those things and fix this issue, mr. president, in a responsible way. let's do it now. one more year is going to make it that much worse. it was $2 trillion in just one year added to the deficit. w
it wouldn't get us as much of a deficit reduction over 75 years, a chained c.p.i., but it would get us at least into a solvent condition if we increased the age rate. i just want to give you a note of history. when president reagan was facing the same issue and the senate was of -- the senate was one-party dominated and the house the other, he got house speaker tip o'neill together with minimum and they formed a commission, which started the increase in age, which we have today, because people...
148
148
Nov 12, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
the pakistanis also have an narrative which is the americans' use us and discard us against the russians in the 1980's and toss us out ostensibly because of the nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 2014 they are going to go away you can count on it that is the think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is lazy and a very pernicious. one way to get out of this is to say hussain haqqani, my counterpart that suggested time for a divorce or someone who shall remain nameless that said it's time for containment to push this away. those two ridings are not reasonable alternatives that steve has said remaining engaged with pakistan there is an alternative to it. but i would argue that having a focus simply on the bilateral relationship is something that has been a problem for us and what we need to do is break out of this if you will the sterile debate and look at the issues that are crosscutting with pakistan's relationship to india and that have to do with a sequence of events that will take place after 2014 when the american f
the pakistanis also have an narrative which is the americans' use us and discard us against the russians in the 1980's and toss us out ostensibly because of the nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 2014 they are going to go away you can count on it that is the think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is lazy and a very pernicious. one way to get out of this is to say hussain haqqani, my counterpart that suggested time for a...
126
126
Nov 7, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 126
favorite 0
quote 0
not as much as i used to. now is easier to google it and look it up but i still like the feeling of being around books. i have three homes and library in each one and that is where i work. i work at a computer. i use a keyboard because i was on newspapers. in my house i have a little collection of drawings of authors. my centerpiece is picasso's drawing of balzac which is very big. one of those things picasso did where he got a face in a few lines, lines. obviously very quickly. kind of a miracle. if you have ever seen a picture of balzac -- i have pictures of people who are better writers than i am to encourage me to try harder. >> they are looking over your shoulder. >> looking over my shoulder and saying do that again. >> speaking of doing it again to you do a lot of writing? >> yes i do. i do a first draft and a free right but also when i start in the morning i read what i wrote yesterday. i always change. i always think of ways to improve it. sometimes i am lucky if it happens, a whole chapter, and realiz
not as much as i used to. now is easier to google it and look it up but i still like the feeling of being around books. i have three homes and library in each one and that is where i work. i work at a computer. i use a keyboard because i was on newspapers. in my house i have a little collection of drawings of authors. my centerpiece is picasso's drawing of balzac which is very big. one of those things picasso did where he got a face in a few lines, lines. obviously very quickly. kind of a...
117
117
Nov 5, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
us, that's one thing. and i think also the rhetoric of attack and divide and class warfare which my, the incumbent senator frequently entertains, is not productive to bring people across the aisle to work together. so i would focus on issues of importance to the country, and i think evidence of it is that the debt is one of them. all we have to look at is the simpson-bowles commission which was made up of members of both parties. clearly, that's an issue where agreement that it's a serious issue, and it must be addressed. second, you must stop having people go to washington who immediately go down there and try to get reelected and forget about the public interest for their own interest. and that's why i have said that if elected, i would serve one term. >> moderator: mr. moss? moss: i couldn't agree more with mr. macgovern. in fact, i remind the audience that my first of ten proposed bills is single term of office to replace professional career politicians. the gridlock is make believe to lead the people
us, that's one thing. and i think also the rhetoric of attack and divide and class warfare which my, the incumbent senator frequently entertains, is not productive to bring people across the aisle to work together. so i would focus on issues of importance to the country, and i think evidence of it is that the debt is one of them. all we have to look at is the simpson-bowles commission which was made up of members of both parties. clearly, that's an issue where agreement that it's a serious...
90
90
Nov 20, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
to use 40 years ago, 50 years ago. we can sit at our laptop and harvest disinformation. >> with the reporting you have a ton of information these curators can provide any amount of information, how reliable is the information? is it based upon actual reporting? >> two key points have to be made. there is a brilliant material that is being well reported according to the standards if you and i worked. >> how do you know that? >> because i have been told. [laughter] >> on the other hand, the implication of your question is absolutely correct. we don't know often when something comes across on the internet we have no way of knowing what its provenance is, we have no way of knowing what the intention, with the goal is of the people that are putting that out there. and i will tell you something i learned the other day from one of these talks. it had nothing to do with me. these ted talks. [laughter] it was on the subject of google, and the speaker was making the point that he is what would be called progressive and he said a
to use 40 years ago, 50 years ago. we can sit at our laptop and harvest disinformation. >> with the reporting you have a ton of information these curators can provide any amount of information, how reliable is the information? is it based upon actual reporting? >> two key points have to be made. there is a brilliant material that is being well reported according to the standards if you and i worked. >> how do you know that? >> because i have been told. [laughter]...
97
97
Nov 28, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 97
favorite 0
quote 0
which, by the way, uses 93% of the energy that's used by the federal government, which is the largest user of energy in this country. as our current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey, has said, without improving our energy security we are not merely standing still as a nation, we are falling behind. let's be clear. energy security is national security. and our military leadership understands this. other countries, including some of our strongest competitors, also understand this and we ignore this fact at our own peril. i saw some of the innovations that the navy has adopted earlier this year when i chaired a hearing for the energy subcommittee on water and power down in norfolk aboard the uss kersarge. the purpose was to highlight the advancements the navy continues to make in harnessing renewable energy resources. up with of those resources i saw is homegrown -- homegrown biofuels. and the navy recently demonstrated the capability of advanced biofuels during massive exercise that featured a carrier strike group, was highlighted by an f-18 traveling twice the spe
which, by the way, uses 93% of the energy that's used by the federal government, which is the largest user of energy in this country. as our current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey, has said, without improving our energy security we are not merely standing still as a nation, we are falling behind. let's be clear. energy security is national security. and our military leadership understands this. other countries, including some of our strongest competitors, also understand...
70
70
Nov 12, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
pakistanis also have a narrative which is the americans use us and discarded. to use this against the russians in the 1980s, toss us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11 but after 2014 they're going to go away. you can count on. that is pakistanis think americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would be what hussein polk county, my counterpart suggest, time for fa divorce. or what others who shall remain nameless have said in the press, it's time for content, it's time to push this way. those two i think are not reasonable alternative. steve hadley has said remaining engaged with pakistan, there's no alternative to which. but i would argue that having a focus center on a bilateral relationship with something that's been a problem for us, what we need to do is to break out of this bilateralism, if you will, this sterile debate and look at the issues that are crosscutting, the issues that have to do with pakistan's rel
pakistanis also have a narrative which is the americans use us and discarded. to use this against the russians in the 1980s, toss us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11 but after 2014 they're going to go away. you can count on. that is pakistanis think americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would be what hussein polk county, my counterpart...
238
238
Nov 28, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 238
favorite 0
quote 0
the chaplain: let us pray. let us pray. father of all, out of the noisy world, we come to this quiet place of prayer. we depend on your goodness, your mercy and grace. as our lawmakers face the challenges of their calling, inspire them to have a mature faith in your providential leading. lord, fill them with your spirit so that they will acknowledge their dependence on you for every breath they breathe and every creative thought they think. may today be for them a buildi g block for making america a nation that glorifies you. we pray in your great name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, november 28, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the s
the chaplain: let us pray. let us pray. father of all, out of the noisy world, we come to this quiet place of prayer. we depend on your goodness, your mercy and grace. as our lawmakers face the challenges of their calling, inspire them to have a mature faith in your providential leading. lord, fill them with your spirit so that they will acknowledge their dependence on you for every breath they breathe and every creative thought they think. may today be for them a buildi g block for making...
65
65
Nov 26, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 65
favorite 0
quote 0
not us. the senate used to be a nocturnal place because the majority leaders of both parties would use the fatigue factor to grind down opposition coming from a few people. we almost never do that. don't get me wrong, i say to my friend, the majority leader, i'm not defending the way the place has been run the last two years. i think it's been embarrassing. i have to apologize to my constituents for the way the place is run. but we had the same rules in earlier congresses and didn't have the same problem. and we've always had a few members on each side who wanted to exercise every one of their rights. i remember when i first got here, it was senator metzenbaum from ohio would sit out here on the floor and read every of bill. he was a big problem. nobody tried to change the rules. we worked look, what the majoriy leader conveniently continues to leave out is not only the rule that he wants to change but the way he wants to change it. the way he wants to change it. he wants to establish the pre
not us. the senate used to be a nocturnal place because the majority leaders of both parties would use the fatigue factor to grind down opposition coming from a few people. we almost never do that. don't get me wrong, i say to my friend, the majority leader, i'm not defending the way the place has been run the last two years. i think it's been embarrassing. i have to apologize to my constituents for the way the place is run. but we had the same rules in earlier congresses and didn't have the...
83
83
Nov 19, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 83
favorite 0
quote 0
we have 17 of us now. with dinner every other month in the strom thurmond room, which is somewhat funny for anyone who remembers his stories, with the statute of the strom looking down on a. [laughter] and whatever is said in that room stays in the room. we never talk about the male senators. just kidding. but it's been, engines of all seriousness, the group has worked well together, sometimes all of us on legislation, especially with respect to women's health and burma and other things. but mostly we forge these relations -- relationships. kay bailey and i get a bunch of things on the commerce committee. and there are a number of women that are problem solvers, and i think you saw that coming through in this election with the election of people like heidi heitkamp in a race she thought no one could win but they saw someone who would compromise and get things done. there was someone who studied women elected officials allow back in boston who had this quote, not exactly accurate but she said that women pol
we have 17 of us now. with dinner every other month in the strom thurmond room, which is somewhat funny for anyone who remembers his stories, with the statute of the strom looking down on a. [laughter] and whatever is said in that room stays in the room. we never talk about the male senators. just kidding. but it's been, engines of all seriousness, the group has worked well together, sometimes all of us on legislation, especially with respect to women's health and burma and other things. but...
91
91
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 91
favorite 0
quote 0
our records follow us. i am concerned about what children will be there 15, 16, 17-years-old that those come back and haunt them so we have to find a way to deal with that effectively and for the people who've actually may stumble to pick themselves up are not penalized for what was a useful and discretion. >> moderator: let's talk about where delaware stands as far as juvenile correction in a major overhaul on how the system was handled. do you feel that juvenile corrections in delaware is where it should be so that we will not necessarily graduate from the school? markell: dfa progress and i give credit to the former governors that got us on this path and i give a lot of credit to the people working with and these institutions saigon into the house and the other institutions and that these kids, listened to them about their stories and other issues and the climate than six months later or a year later when they come out and their stories are moving. i get a lot, vice president joe biden's daughter works f
our records follow us. i am concerned about what children will be there 15, 16, 17-years-old that those come back and haunt them so we have to find a way to deal with that effectively and for the people who've actually may stumble to pick themselves up are not penalized for what was a useful and discretion. >> moderator: let's talk about where delaware stands as far as juvenile correction in a major overhaul on how the system was handled. do you feel that juvenile corrections in delaware...
109
109
Nov 19, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 109
favorite 0
quote 0
some of us have been observing us for a long time. we have made many visits and many briefings which are deeply concerning. so i hope that you will, in your assessment, and in your ability to take into consideration seriously our ability to complete the message. that is a stable afghanistan that is able to defend itself over time. frankly, i'm not sure that is the case today. i am not sure if we start drawing down immediately that we may be able to achieve that goal. we have sacrificed a lot, as you know far better than i do. we are going to want to have an assessment as to whether this mission can actually succeed or not. i thank you for your willingness to serve. >> i thank you, senator mccain. >> senator? >> yes, i would like to begin by expressing my confidence in general bumpers, in every sense of the word, his integrity and his respect. the greatest award in the marine corps for leadership is to give someone command. the general has commanded battalions and regiments and he was commanding general of the first expeditionary force
some of us have been observing us for a long time. we have made many visits and many briefings which are deeply concerning. so i hope that you will, in your assessment, and in your ability to take into consideration seriously our ability to complete the message. that is a stable afghanistan that is able to defend itself over time. frankly, i'm not sure that is the case today. i am not sure if we start drawing down immediately that we may be able to achieve that goal. we have sacrificed a lot,...
166
166
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 166
favorite 0
quote 0
he used the blog, facebook, his friends, he used crowd funding and use it's an interesting space. it's not just about are you going sell a million units? yes, you're going to do some of the stuff. i think square probably gets it made in china. but there are plenty of products and plenty of spaces to be able to create products locally that people want locally. >> the point is also that a lot of barriers entrepreneurship as we've been hearing is getting started. and even if you can't, you know, keep using the tools, if you do have to make a million, that's fibro. we know how to make a million widgets, right? and what's fascinating about this, the barriers to entrepreneurship, you know, not just in the digital realm, but in the physical realm are going away. all right. what would you say to, you know, a lot of manufacturing jobs have gone away and a lot of skilled labor, you know, people are out of job talk about retraining. but it seems to me, if you have an idea, you can -- . >> we talk about this in music how the democratization of the music industry is actually enabled kind of a
he used the blog, facebook, his friends, he used crowd funding and use it's an interesting space. it's not just about are you going sell a million units? yes, you're going to do some of the stuff. i think square probably gets it made in china. but there are plenty of products and plenty of spaces to be able to create products locally that people want locally. >> the point is also that a lot of barriers entrepreneurship as we've been hearing is getting started. and even if you can't, you...
137
137
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 137
favorite 0
quote 0
, small numbers of us. it is a lot easier than we think have long as we have the public sentiment as abraham lincoln pointed out, behind us. thank you very much. [applause] >> before we have questions we have questions. >> 15 minutes for questions. bring the mike around, questions or comments, in a short amount of time, one quick announcement, we will do the book signing right here at this front table, where the books for purchase, bring back and a sign in this room to line up along be available side of the room and that is all i have coming out and any questions. >> i have one question. >> it is a rhetorical question. i have run several times as most of you know. there are some good candidates, third-party candidates, green party, goldstein, and others of more conservative persuasion on the ballot to give voters more police. we have documented through litigation and our ridings that this is a rather vicious, two party duopoly that doesn't want competition and increasingly calls for the same campaign dollar
, small numbers of us. it is a lot easier than we think have long as we have the public sentiment as abraham lincoln pointed out, behind us. thank you very much. [applause] >> before we have questions we have questions. >> 15 minutes for questions. bring the mike around, questions or comments, in a short amount of time, one quick announcement, we will do the book signing right here at this front table, where the books for purchase, bring back and a sign in this room to line up along...
46
46
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 46
favorite 0
quote 0
both of which concern all of us. i have been working with the administration to ensure that those detention policies are not harmfullharmful interpreted. but the law itself remains a problem. several of my colleagues including the senator from kentucky and senator feinstein have suggested changes to the law that will help repair the flawed policies enacted last year. i've also crafted my own legislation working with the ranking member on the house armed services committee, congressman adam smith from washington, to repair some of the harm that i believe was done in last year's ndaa. i've filed that bill to this year's ndaa as amendment 3115, along with the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator leahy. inow, senators feinstein and pal have a similar but slightly different approach to resolving the problems created by the detainee provisions passed last year. their there are efforts under way to ensure that whatever passage we take is supported by the greatest number of members possible and i look forward
both of which concern all of us. i have been working with the administration to ensure that those detention policies are not harmfullharmful interpreted. but the law itself remains a problem. several of my colleagues including the senator from kentucky and senator feinstein have suggested changes to the law that will help repair the flawed policies enacted last year. i've also crafted my own legislation working with the ranking member on the house armed services committee, congressman adam...